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Show WINNINGER'S FOOTLIGHT DEBUT BROUGHT FIVE CENTS FOR WORK , 'a. i aaaw By sneiLAIf GRAHAM (Copyright, 1037, for Tha Trlcf ram) HOLLYWOOD, May 10 Charing Winn In gar . . . tha country! cholc to play Corskt OTfara In "Con With lh Wind." . . . Born In a log cabin fifty-thrt yaart ago In A than, Wia. ... Whlla- hlrt4 blut-yd ... haight. fivt I eat. gig Inches . weight, 170 pound . . . fint ram to Hollywood Holly-wood In JSIJ to liar in arrkri of comodiaa , , . Ufl tha uml yaar. "Charlie Chaplin, who waa junt boginnlng to ba vary famout, told mi to ttay. But I waa tired of receiving cuetard pin on my far. 1 waa an acrobat, a trepcre performer. I wanted to play Douglaa Fairbanks (then a failure) role. Yea, I'm sorry I didn't listen to Chaplin's advice. I'm now working bark to tha picture stardom I discarded 2 years ago." Is currently employed to build up Mara Irene Dunne and Allan Jones In "Showboat," Deanna Durbln In Throe Smart Ctrl," Tyrone Power In "Cafe Mrtropole." Miriam Hopkins In "Woman Cheers Man," aa Csppy Kirks In Tha Co-Oetter" (his favorite role), supporting George Brent. And as prop-In -chief to Gypsy Boa Lea In "You Can't Have Everything." Bays of tha ei-eUlp teaser: "She's fin. Of eoure, pictures are new to her, but she has a natural ability to be herself. We shot scene the other day end she didn't know the earners was In action." ' Doaaal Like Lewd lag Is not over happy when lent by Universal (to which he is under a five-year contract) to other studios. "It's like being a stranger In a strange land. No one looks out for your interests and most of your best work Is left on the cutting room floor." . . . Reputedly earns fttOO a week. "The first salary I ever rerei vod waa I cents when I was T OutrkM Winnmoer ... Ha buHdt up rhr,iTr, but colecfi $2100 woolly hlmielf. Registered first Broadway hit la 1S11 . , , r allowed with stellar part la "The Mueie Maater." . . . flayed leading role la "No, Ne, Nanette" for twe year. . . . Left Radio for top roi la "Revenge With Mueic' Broke hla lag aad had t lean lha show. "I played four performances on crutchea "... We Wat la Holly-wood Holly-wood la 1M and made "Nigh Nuree la which Ban Lyoa and Barbara Stanwyck eoatarred. Clark Uable played the villain. Llkea Hollywood and kopaa he la hen ta etay this time . . . Smoke ngareia and enjoys hard liquor "But I ran give It up. I waa aa tha wagon to dan while making "Woman Chaea Man'." He wa alck with fl a at the tune. yean eld In aa art called Tha Wln-Blnger Wln-Blnger Family Novelty Company, WHb my father, mother, five broth-en broth-en and aieter." This was rald later ta M cents. . , . Tha senior Wlnnlnger waa a vtollnlet "I played a baa drum that wa biggar thaa I waa. My mother need la iand behind as aad poke me la the bark when it waa time te beat the cymbal." ... la 107 do-elded do-elded te go to New York alone ta make good "My family aald. TouU be back.' I bad eome lough going, but I aenr went back." . . . Brother Adolf, mem her of tba anginal troupe, new Uvea with Charlee and acta aa hla ataad-ln at tha etudie. , , . Fint Broadway abow. Tba Yankee Yan-kee Girl." la ItlO. Bleach Ring waa tha atar. "I thought I waa going te be a tenifla hit - After th opening. I stayed ap aB night bought a a ewe-pa ewe-pa per aad read "Something with a Oormaa accent appeared oa the etage.' That waa me." . . . But tha leading lady thought etherwlaa. Bh married him. Th eouplo an new separated. . . . "Wall Street OlrL" Wlalnger'i a est New York produe-tlea. produe-tlea. gan tha late WIU Roger bla flrat peaking part ea any etage. . . . Touring wit b the Orpbeum circuit cir-cuit he playtd Lo Angle and laaaid pictun work, la tar returning return-ing te vaudeville work. |